The 2016–17 Kia Picanto season was the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Mahindra Floodbuster for the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup.
Key dates 2016
October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
Special draft Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College Russel Escoto F/C Phoenix Accelerators FEU
Regular draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College 2 4 Joseph Eriobu F Caida Tile Masters Mapua 3 17 Cedrick Ablaza F Cagayan Rising Suns STI 4 19 Jan Niccolo Jamon G Cafe France Bakers EAC 5 23 Paolo Pontejos G Wang's Basketball Couriers JRU
Roster
Philippine Cup
Eliminations Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | November 25 | GlobalPort | L 75–97 | Alex Mallari (17) | Alex Mallari (9) | Alex Mallari (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | November 30 | Rain or Shine | L 83–105 | Escoto, Mallari, Paniamogan (10) | Alex Mallari (10) | Josan Nimes (2) | Ynares Center | 0–2
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | December 4 | Phoenix | L 104–114 | Alex Mallari (19) | Joseph Eriobu (10) | four players (2) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | December 11 | San Miguel | L 91–94 | Alex Mallari (21) | Alex Mallari (8) | Mallari, Revilla (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | December 16 | Barangay Ginebra | L 70–89 | Mark Yee (15) | Mark Yee (8) | Mallari, Paniamogan, Revilla (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | December 25 | Blackwater | W 97–93 (OT) | Alex Mallari (23) | Mark Yee (14) | Alex Mallari (4) | Philippine Arena | 1–5
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | January 11 | Meralco | W 105–92 | Philip Paniamogan (25) | Jason Ballesteros (8) | Alex Mallari (11) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | January 18 | TNT | L 92–104 | Alex Mallari (19) | Araña, Deutchman, Mallari (7) | Alex Mallari (5) | Cuneta Astrodome | 2–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | January 22 | Alaska | L 91–107 | Alex Mallari (23) | Jason Ballesteros (6) | Alex Mallari (8) | PhilSports Arena | 2–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | January 27 | NLEX | W 106–96 | Alex Mallari (30) | Ballesteros, Mallari (10) | Alex Mallari (9) | Cuneta Astrodome | 3–7
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | February 1 | Star | L 87–124 | Mallari, Salva (15) | Jason Ballesteros (8) | LA Revilla (7) | Cuneta Astrodome | 3–8
Commissioner's Cup Eliminations Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | March 17 | Meralco | L 86–94 | James White (33) | James White (16) | Alex Mallari (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | March 19 | Rain or Shine | L 95–99 (OT) | James White (29) | James White (21) | Alex Mallari (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | March 24 | NLEX | W 89–81 | James White (30) | James White (23) | LA Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | March 29 | Alaska | L 92–98 | James White (30) | James White (14) | Celda, Mallari (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–3
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | April 5 | Star | L 83–97 | Alex Mallari (24) | Keith Wright (14) | Keith Wright (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | April 9 | TNT | L 84–86 | Keith Wright (26) | Keith Wright (13) | Keith Wright (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | April 19 | San Miguel | L 80–109 | Keith Wright (16) | Keith Wright (12) | LA Revilla (7) | Cuneta Astrodome | 1–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | April 23 | GlobalPort | L 86–105 | Keith Wright (23) | Keith Wright (9) | LA Revilla (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–7 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | May 7 | Blackwater | W 96–87 | Reden Celda (18) | Keith Wright (16) | Celda, Revilla (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | May 21 | Phoenix | W 122–121 (OT) | LA Revilla (26) | Keith Wright (21) | LA Revilla (5) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–7
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | June 2 | Barangay Ginebra | L 80–94 | Keith Wright (21) | Keith Wright (22) | LA Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–8
Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | July 19 | Phoenix | L 105–118 | Markeith Cummings (31) | Markeith Cummings (10) | Markeith Cummings (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | July 22 | NLEX | L 93–100 | Markeith Cummings (30) | Markeith Cummings (15) | Reden Celda (5) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | July 28 | TNT | L 96–106 | Markeith Cummings (27) | Markeith Cummings (7) | Nico Elorde (6) | Ynares Center | 0–3
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | August 2 | Barangay Ginebra | L 99–120 | Reden Celda (21) | Jason Ballesteros (10) | LA Revilla (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | August 6 | Meralco | L 97–112 | Markeith Cummings (20) | Markeith Cummings (7) | LA Revilla (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | August 13 | Rain or Shine | L 86–94 | Markeith Cummings (30) | Markeith Cummings (12) | LA Revilla (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | August 20 | GlobalPort | L 90–102 | Markeith Cummings (37) | Markeith Cummings (6) | LA Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–7
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | September 1 | Blackwater | L 97–118 | Geron Johnson (28) | Jackson Corpuz (10) | Geron Johnson (6) | Ynares Center | 0–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | September 10 | Alaska | L 94–102 | Geron Johnson (39) | Geron Johnson (9) | Geron Johnson (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | September 16 | San Miguel | L 112–118 | Geron Johnson (42) | Geron Johnson (10) | Geron Johnson (8) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | September 22 | Star | L 81–128 | Geron Johnson (27) | Corpuz, Johnson (9) | Geron Johnson (5) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–11
Transactions
Trades Off-season November November 3, 2016RR Garcia to SMB, Ramos to Star, Mallari, Arana to Mahindra in 3-team trade, spin.ph, November 15, 2016. To MahindraRyan Araña (from San Miguel)2018 1st round pick (from San Miguel)Alex Mallari (from Star) To San MiguelKeith Agovida (from Mahindra)RR Garcia (from Star) To StarAldrech Ramos (from Mahindra)2017 2nd round pick (from Star via NLEX) November 3, 2016paolo taha to ginebra, bonifacio and villamor traded to mahindra, spin.ph, November 15, 2016. To MahindraDennice VillamorFranklin Bonifacio To Barangay GinebraPaolo Taha Philippine Cup February 2017 February 18, 2017paolo taha to ginebra, bonifacio and villamor traded to mahindra, spin.ph, November 15, 2016. To MahindraPrince Caperal To PhoenixJoseph Eriobu
Free agency Subtraction Player Number Position Reason left New Team Niño Canaleta 9 Forward Waived GlobalPort Batang Pier
Recruited imports Conference Name Country Number Debuted Last game RecordCommissioner's Cup James White 1 March 17(vs. Meralco) March 29(vs. Alaska) 1–3 Keith Wright 36 April 5(vs. Star) May 26(vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 2–5Governors' Cup Markeith Cummings 3 July 19(vs. Phoenix) August 20(vs. GlobalPort) 0–7 Geron Johnson 55 September 1(vs. Kia) September 22(vs. Star) 0–4
Awards Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.Alex MallariPhilippine Cup Player of the WeekDecember 26, 2016
References